Sectional foldable display-case.



R. E. BROWN & o. G. WYATT.

SEUTIONAL FOLDABLE DISPLAY CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAILS, 1909.

Patented, July 27, 1909.`

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UNITED sTATEsl PATENT oEEIoE.

ROBERT E. BROWN AND CHARLES Gr. WYATT, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

SECTIONAL IFOLDABLE DISPLAY-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application led March 9, 1909. Serial No. 482,404.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT E. BROWN and CHARLES G. WYATT, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at St. Joslph, in the county ofBuchanan and State of issouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sectional Foldable Display-Cases, of which thefollowingvis a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

Our invention relates to improvements iny fo dable display case, thatthe sections, ofk

which said case is formed can be interchangeably combined and separated,at the pleasure of the user thereof, and be folded into neat and compactform, perfectly adapted to be either transported by hand, or snuglypacked in an ordinary trunk, or other suitable receptacle; third; to soconstruct and arrange the parts of said case, that every facility shallbe provided for detachably securing merchandise,` samples and the liketherein, and for the removal of same therefrom, with the utmost ease andrapidity, and in which the same shall be protected from injury, arisingfrom handling and from transportation; fourth 5 to so construct asectional foldable display case, that said case shall be extremely lightof weight, rigid, substantial and durable, and be eXtreme y cheap incost of manufacture. We attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which z- Figure 1. is aperspective view of the case,`

as it appears when opened, ready for use. Fig. 2.1s a perspective viewof the case, when folded, ready for transportation. Fig. 3. is atransverse section, cut vertically through the center of one of theoutside sections, and one of the inside sections, in folded position.Fig. 4. is a longitudinal section, cut' vertically through the center ofone of the inside sections, certain parts being broken away, to avoiduseless repetition and eXtension of the drawing. Fig. 5. is a transversesection, out vertically through the center of one of the inside sectionsillustrating the operation of inserting a air of merchandise carryingcardstherein. ig. 6. is a perspective view of two separately detachedinside sections, having their card carrying devices provided withhorizontally arranged ivots, certain parts of one section being b) awayto avoid uselessV extension of the drawmg.

Referring to Fig. 1, our invention comprises two outside sections, 1 and2, preferl ably formed of wood, and scrimped with cloth, in the usualmanner, well known to the trunkor case makers art. Outside sections 1V,and 2, have a strip 3, preferably of sheet metal, suitably secured,diagonally in each of the four corners of said sections, for detachablyholding an ordinary merchandise carrying card 4, therein, and forrigidly bracing said corners. Cards 4are provided with any desirednumber of suitable fasteners 5, adapted to detachably hold various formsof merchandise 6, to be' displayed and transported in said sections.Thelrear edge of section 1 is detachably secured tothe rear edge ofsection 7, by two suitable hinges, one of which is seen at 8.k Saidhinges and hin es 8 and 8, are of any well known detacha le kind, nowgenerally in'use. Section 7 is an open frame, preferably formed of woodand scrimped vwith cloth in the usual manner, previously mentioned. Tothe under surface of the upper side 7 of said section is secured themetal strap 9, having its central portion vprojected downward to formbearing 10, and its ends turned downward at right angles thereto, toform stiffeners and reinforcements foi` the two upper corners of saidinside section, to which said strap and reinforcements are secured byclench nails 12.

Referring to Fig. 3, channel bar 13, having channel 14 formed in itsunder side, is preferably formed of stamped sheet metal and is rotatablysecured to ybearingy 1() by rivet 15. Said channel is adapted todetachably hold the upper edges'of two merchandise carrying cards, Aafront card 4 and a rear card 4; thus providing rotatable carrying means,for carrying the upper ends of said cards. Said cards are provided withany suitable fasteners, secured thereon, and adapted to detachablysecure merchandise 6 not shown, and cards4"and 4, are placed in tosaidcards, as seen `at 5. Said fasteners and the previously mentionedfasteners 5,`

preferably of tough, semi-elastic thick card board. i To the ufppersurface of the lower side 7l of section 7, (see Fig. 3,) is secured' anexact duplicate of the previously de-A scribed .rotatable carryingmeans,` whereby the lower ends of said cards are detachably heldinchannel 14' of channel bar 13", which, together with thepreviouslydescribed rotatable carrying4 means, provides rotatableholding means, whereby cards 4 andV 4 are rotatably held insection 7 gSince inside section 17, (see Fig. 1,) is eX- actly like section 7, inits construction and operation, ardetailed. description ofsaid sectionis unnecessary. Section 17 hasitsfront edge detachably secured to therear edge of'inside; section 7, by hinges 8f, whilethe rearedge ofsection 17'Y is detachably secured' to the. rear edge of outside section2, by hingesS. Where it is desirable, as for exainple,in, the displayandxtransportation of shirts, and the like, bearings 1.0, and theirattached parts,

are secured to the opposite sides of said in-Y side sections, as shownatl0', in Fig. 4,7and in Which it will beseen that section 17y is detachedfrom section 27. j,Y 4

ln the operation and useof our'inyention, the display case is placed inposition, seen in Fig. .71',on anr ordinary Vtable or counter,

the position seenin Fig. Y6, with their lower edges resting in channel'-14', of channel bar li after. which,VV Said cards are flexed, or

bent,zas seen, and their upper edgesarein:

sertedl in channel 1.4, of channel bar 13, afterV which, thesemi-flexibility of said cards, Will cause said cards tobelstraightened, andy toY assume the position seenin Fig. 3. It will4 beseen and understood that said cards, or either one of them can beremovedand with other cards of the same kind, (not shown,) are perfectlyinterchangeable. Cards 4 are inserted and interchangeable in the samemanner in outside sections 1 and'2. Y

It will be seen and understood, that the merchandise 6, is displayed oncards 4, -inoutside sections 1 andZ, and that merchandise 6', on frontcard 4', in section 7, is also displayed. When it is desired' to displaythe merchandise 6, on card 4V, the `user, not shwn, grasps the edges ofsaidY cards and'rotates them and their rotatable holding means, from theposition shown insection 7 to the osition seen in section 1:7, inFig.v1, andstill further rotates said cards andv their holding means, on pivot 15, untilsaidirotatable parts assumeA a reversed position, withrear card 4 broughtto the front and front cardvv4 thereby rotated to.the rear; thus bringing all of the merchandise in the described displaycase, to view. When said user wishes to transport said case he graspsVoutside sections 1 and 2 -andby' them folds ythe sections to theposition seen in Fig. 2, with utmost ease and rapidity, after which Vanysuitable carrying strap, now in use, and

not'sh'own, is secured thereon,in the usual manner, for-transportingsaid folded display Y case by hand. We thus provide a sectional foldabledisplaycase, of extreme conven-v ience, durability and lightness ofWeight.

Said display case is made of any desired` fsize or relative proportions,adapted to'fit .snugly in any ordinary trunk, not shown,Y and` anynumber of sections, sufficient to fill said trunk, is packed therein,withV every facility for the saving of time.

It will be seen and understood thatl inside sections 7 and 17, always inpairs, can be-de. tachably attached together, in any desired numberbetween outside sections 1 and 2;, as

shown in Fig. 1 and that said sections are perfectly interchangeable. l

Having fully described our invention, what We claim as new, and desiretosecure by Lettei'sPatent isz- 1. In a sectional Vfoldable displaycase, in.

combination, two outside sections, providedwith a diagonal. brace,secured in each ofthefour cornersofeach section, said braces beingadapted todetachably hold an ordinary card, by the corners thereof, ineach of said secf tions; a plurality of even number, of inside sections,each ofv Which isprovided with aA bearing plate, securedV to each oftwooppo site inner surfaces thereof; each of said bearing plates. havinga bearing, Vformed in lthew central portion thereof andv its ends'adapted-l to form reinforcements, one for each corner of said section,and securing means whereby said, bearing and saidA reinforcements arese-v cured in said section.; two channel-'bars'in each of saidinsidesections, said `barshav-ingv their centers, respectively,rotatably secured, one toY each of said bearings, saidchannel bars,being provided, each witha channels therein, and facing4 eachother, andadapted' to detachably hold` merchandisev carrying cards therein, by theedges thereof andfdetachable hinges secured on the edges of said insidesections and on the edges of said'outside sections, by whichsaid'sections are-fold-f ably and detachablyhinged together.-

2. In a sectional, foldable display case, an. inside section,Ycomprising an openY frame,

rovided with hinging means, adaptedE tor oldably and detachablyhinge the.edges of; said inside section, to the edges ofother sec. tions of asimilar kind two bearing plates,

portion thereof andl the ends of said platesV '125 each having a bearingformed in the central Y CIK tion, and securing means, whereby saidbearing plate and said reinforcements are secured in said section; twochannel bars, each provided with a channel formed therein, and securingmeans,v whereby the central portion of each bar is pivotally Securedrespectively to each of said bearings, with their channels facing eachother, said channels bein adapted to detachably hold two merchan isecarryirg cards therein, by the edges of said lo car s.

In testimony whereof we afiX our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

ROBERT E. BROWN. CHARLES G. WYATT. Witnesses:

SYLVESTER MOSER, J. B. MALLOY.

